React vs Angular Renaissance: A Comprehensive Comparison

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React and Angular Renaissance represent two distinct approaches to building modern web applications. While React emphasizes a JavaScript-first approach with hooks and JSX, Angular Renaissance brings a fresh take on the Angular framework with signals and improved template syntax. Let’s explore their differences across various aspects of web development.

Table of Contents

  1. State Management
  2. Templating
  3. Styling
  4. Component Composition
  5. Form Handling
  6. Lifecycle
  7. Web App Features

State Management

Declare State

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function Name() {
  const [name] = useState("John");

  return <h1>Hello {name}</h1>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");
}

Update State

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React

import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

export default function Name() {
  const [name, setName] = useState("John");

  useEffect(() => {
    setName("Jane");
  }, []);

  return <h1>Hello {name}</h1>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");

  constructor() {
    this.name.set("Jane");
  }
}

Computed State

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function DoubleCount() {
  const [count] = useState(10);
  const doubleCount = count * 2;

  return <div>{doubleCount}</div>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-double-count",
  template: `<div>{{ doubleCount() }}</div>`,
})
export class DoubleCountComponent {
  count = signal(10);

  doubleCount = computed(() => this.count() * 2);
}

Templating

Minimal Template

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React

export default function HelloWorld() {
  return <h1>Hello world</h1>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-hello-world",
  template: `<h1>Hello world</h1>`,
})
export class HelloWorldComponent {}

Styling

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import "./style.css";

export default function CssStyle() {
  return (
    <>
      <h1 className="title">I am red</h1>
      <button style={{ fontSize: "10rem" }}>I am a button</button>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-css-style",
  template: `
    <h1 class="title">I am red</h1>
    <button style="font-size: 10rem">I am a button</button>
  `,
  styles: `
    .title {
      color: red;
    }
  `,
})
export class CssStyleComponent {}

Loop

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React

export default function Colors() {
  const colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
  return (
    <ul>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <li key={color}>{color}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-colors",
  template: `
    <ul>
      @for (color of colors; track color) {
      <li>{{ color }}</li>
      }
    </ul>
  `,
})
export class ColorsComponent {
  colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
}

Event Click

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function Counter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  function incrementCount() {
    setCount((count) => count + 1);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Counter: {count}</p>
      <button onClick={incrementCount}>+1</button>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-counter",
  template: `
    <p>Counter: {{ count() }}</p>
    <button (click)="incrementCount()">+1</button>
  `,
})
export class CounterComponent {
  count = signal(0);

  incrementCount() {
    this.count.update((count) => count + 1);
  }
}

DOM Reference

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React

import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";

export default function InputFocused() {
  const inputElement = useRef(null);

  useEffect(() => inputElement.current.focus(), []);

  return <input type="text" ref={inputElement} />;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import {
  afterNextRender,
  Component,
  ElementRef,
  viewChild,
} from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-input-focused",
  template: `<input type="text" #inputRef />`,
})
export class InputFocusedComponent {
  inputRef = viewChild.required<ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>>("inputRef");

  constructor() {
    afterNextRender({ write: () => this.inputRef().nativeElement.focus() });
  }
}

Conditional Rendering

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React

import { useState } from "react";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

export default function TrafficLight() {
  const [lightIndex, setLightIndex] = useState(0);

  const light = TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[lightIndex];

  function nextLight() {
    setLightIndex((lightIndex + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={nextLight}>Next light</button>
      <p>Light is: {light}</p>
      <p>
        You must
        {light === "red" && <span>STOP</span>}
        {light === "orange" && <span>SLOW DOWN</span>}
        {light === "green" && <span>GO</span>}
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

@Component({
  selector: "app-traffic-light",
  template: `
    <button (click)="nextLight()">Next light</button>
    <p>Light is: {{ light() }}</p>
    <p>
      You must @switch (light()) { @case ("red") {
      <span>STOP</span>
      } @case ("orange") {
      <span>SLOW DOWN</span>
      } @case ("green") {
      <span>GO</span>
      } }
    </p>
  `,
})
export class TrafficLightComponent {
  lightIndex = signal(0);

  light = computed(() => TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[this.lightIndex()]);

  nextLight() {
    this.lightIndex.update((index) => (index + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }
}

Lifecycle

On Mount

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React

import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

export default function PageTitle() {
  const [pageTitle, setPageTitle] = useState("");

  useEffect(() => {
    setPageTitle(document.title);
  }, []);

  return <p>Page title: {pageTitle}</p>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, OnInit, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-page-title",
  template: `<p>Page title: {{ pageTitle() }}</p>`,
})
export class PageTitleComponent implements OnInit {
  pageTitle = signal("");

  ngOnInit() {
    this.pageTitle.set(document.title);
  }
}

On Unmount

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import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

export default function Time() {
  const [time, setTime] = useState(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  useEffect(() => {
    const timer = setInterval(() => {
      setTime(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
    }, 1000);

    return () => clearInterval(timer);
  }, []);

  return <p>Current time: {time}</p>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, OnDestroy, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-time",
  template: `<p>Current time: {{ time() }}</p>`,
})
export class TimeComponent implements OnDestroy {
  time = signal(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  timer = setInterval(
    () => this.time.set(new Date().toLocaleTimeString()),
    1000
  );

  ngOnDestroy() {
    clearInterval(this.timer);
  }
}

Component Composition

Props

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React

import UserProfile from "./UserProfile.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <UserProfile
      name="John"
      age={20}
      favouriteColors={["green", "blue", "red"]}
      isAvailable
    />
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { UserprofileComponent } from "./userprofile.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [UserprofileComponent],
  template: `
    <app-userprofile
      name="John"
      [age]="20"
      [favouriteColors]="['green', 'blue', 'red']"
      [isAvailable]="true"
    />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Emit to Parent

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React

import { useState } from "react";
import AnswerButton from "./AnswerButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  const [isHappy, setIsHappy] = useState(true);

  function onAnswerNo() {
    setIsHappy(false);
  }

  function onAnswerYes() {
    setIsHappy(true);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Are you happy?</p>
      <AnswerButton onYes={onAnswerYes} onNo={onAnswerNo} />
      <p style={{ fontSize: 50 }}>{isHappy ? "😀" : "😥"}</p>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { AnswerButtonComponent } from "./answer-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [AnswerButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <p>Are you happy?</p>
    <app-answer-button (yes)="onAnswerYes()" (no)="onAnswerNo()" />
    <p style="font-size: 50px">{{ isHappy() ? "😀" : "😥" }}</p>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  isHappy = signal(true);

  onAnswerYes() {
    this.isHappy.set(true);
  }

  onAnswerNo() {
    this.isHappy.set(false);
  }
}

Slot

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React

import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return <FunnyButton>Click me!</FunnyButton>;
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `<app-funny-button>Click me!</app-funny-button>`,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Slot Fallback

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React

import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <>
      <FunnyButton />
      <FunnyButton>I got content!</FunnyButton>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <app-funny-button />
    <app-funny-button>I got content!</app-funny-button>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Context

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import { useState } from "react";
import UserProfile from "./UserProfile";
import { UserContext } from "./UserContext";

export default function App() {
  const [user, setUser] = useState({
    id: 1,
    username: "unicorn42",
    email: "unicorn42@example.com",
  });

  function updateUsername(newUsername) {
    setUser((userData) => ({ ...userData, username: newUsername }));
  }

  return (
    <>
      <h1>Welcome back, {user.username}</h1>
      <UserContext.Provider value={{ ...user, updateUsername }}>
        <UserProfile />
      </UserContext.Provider>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, inject } from "@angular/core";
import { UserService } from "./user.service";
import { UserProfileComponent } from "./user-profile.component";

@Component({
  imports: [UserProfileComponent],
  providers: [UserService],
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `
    <h1>Welcome back, {{ userService.user().username }}</h1>
    <app-user-profile />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  protected userService = inject(UserService);
}

Form Handling

Input Text

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function InputHello() {
  const [text, setText] = useState("Hello world");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setText(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>{text}</p>
      <input value={text} onChange={handleChange} />
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-input-hello",
  template: `
    <p>{{ text() }}</p>
    <input [(ngModel)]="text" />
  `,
})
export class InputHelloComponent {
  text = signal("");
}

Checkbox

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function IsAvailable() {
  const [isAvailable, setIsAvailable] = useState(false);

  function handleChange() {
    setIsAvailable(!isAvailable);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <input
        id="is-available"
        type="checkbox"
        checked={isAvailable}
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="is-available">Is available</label>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-is-available",
  template: `
    <input id="is-available" type="checkbox" [(ngModel)]="isAvailable" />
    <label for="is-available">Is available</label>
  `,
})
export class IsAvailableComponent {
  isAvailable = signal(false);
}

Radio

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React

import { useState } from "react";

export default function PickPill() {
  const [picked, setPicked] = useState("red");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setPicked(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <div>Picked: {picked}</div>

      <input
        id="blue-pill"
        checked={picked === "blue"}
        type="radio"
        value="blue"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

      <input
        id="red-pill"
        checked={picked === "red"}
        type="radio"
        value="red"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="red-pill">Red pill</label>
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-pick-pill",
  template: `
    <div>Picked: {{ picked() }}</div>

    <input id="blue-pill" type="radio" value="blue" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

    <input id="red-pill" type="radio" value="red" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>
  `,
})
export class PickPillComponent {
  picked = signal("red");
}

Select

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React

import { useState } from "react";

const colors = [
  { id: 1, text: "red" },
  { id: 2, text: "blue" },
  { id: 3, text: "green" },
  { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
];

export default function ColorSelect() {
  const [selectedColorId, setSelectedColorId] = useState(2);

  function handleChange(event) {
    setSelectedColorId(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <select value={selectedColorId} onChange={handleChange}>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <option key={color.id} value={color.id} disabled={color.isDisabled}>
          {color.text}
        </option>
      ))}
    </select>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-color-select",
  template: `
    <select [(ngModel)]="selectedColorId">
      @for (let color of colors; track: color) {
      <option [value]="color.id" [disabled]="color.isDisabled">
        {{ color.text }}
      </option>
      }
    </select>
  `,
})
export class ColorSelectComponent {
  selectedColorId = signal(2);

  colors = [
    { id: 1, text: "red" },
    { id: 2, text: "blue" },
    { id: 3, text: "green" },
    { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
  ];
}

Web App Features

Render App

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React

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./main.jsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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Angular Renaissance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <app-root></app-root>
  </body>
</html>

Fetch Data

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React

import useFetchUsers from "./useFetchUsers";

export default function App() {
  const { isLoading, error, data: users } = useFetchUsers();

  return (
    <>
      {isLoading ? (
        <p>Fetching users...</p>
      ) : error ? (
        <p>An error occurred while fetching users</p>
      ) : (
        users && (
          <ul>
            {users.map((user) => (
              <li key={user.login.uuid}>
                <img src={user.picture.thumbnail} alt="user" />
                <p>
                  {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
                </p>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        )
      )}
    </>
  );
}

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Angular Renaissance

import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
import { inject, Injectable, signal } from "@angular/core";

export interface UsersState {
  users: User[];
  error: string | null;
  loading: boolean;
}

export const initialState: UsersState = {
  users: [],
  error: null,
  loading: false,
};

@Injectable({ providedIn: "root" })
export class UserService {
  private http = inject(HttpClient);

  #state = signal<UsersState>(initialState);
  state = this.#state.asReadonly();

  loadUsers() {
    this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, loading: true }));

    this.http
      .get<UserResponse>("https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3")
      .subscribe({
        next: ({ results }) =>
          this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, users: results })),
        error: (error) => this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, error })),
      });
  }
}

Key Differences

  1. State Management

    • React uses hooks (useState, useEffect) for state management
    • Angular Renaissance uses signals for fine-grained reactivity

  2. Templating

    • React uses JSX with JavaScript expressions
    • Angular uses template syntax with control flow operators (@if, @for, etc.)

  3. Component Composition

    • React passes children through props.children
    • Angular uses content projection with ng-content

  4. Form Handling

    • React requires manual event handlers and state updates
    • Angular provides NgModel for two-way binding

  5. Dependency Injection

    • React uses Context API for dependency injection
    • Angular has a built-in dependency injection system

When to Choose React

  • Large ecosystem and community
  • JavaScript-first development
  • Flexible architecture
  • Minimal framework overhead
  • Strong TypeScript support
  • Need for custom renderers

When to Choose Angular Renaissance

  • Enterprise-level applications
  • Built-in dependency injection
  • Strong TypeScript integration
  • Comprehensive tooling
  • Opinionated architecture
  • Signal-based reactivity





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